Windows PowerShell is a powerful tool that can be used to manage and automate tasks on Windows systems. One of the benefits of using PowerShell is that it can be scripted to perform specific tasks, which can make it easier to manage and automate system operations. One way to get tail functionality on Windows systems with PowerShell is by using the Get-WmiObject cmdlet. This cmdlet can be used to retrieve information from remote Windows systems. The following example shows how to use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to retrieve information about the CPU on a remote system: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Processor | Select Name, @{N=“Enabled”;E={$_.Enabled}} | Format-Table -AutoSize ..
Linux power users and administrators have long used the tail utility to monitor log files, but did you know that you can do the same on Windows?
Traditionally tail has been used to view the bottom X number of lines from a log file. While Windows doesn’t have a standalone utility to do what tail does, we do have the Get-Content PowerShell cmdlet which happens to have a tail parameter.
Other extremely popular use for tail is using it to monitor logs, when used in this manner the log entry is printed to the console every time something writes to the log. This can be accomplished using the wait parameter.
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